From: Tanaka Akira Date: 2007-11-11T05:24:57+09:00 Subject: Re: primary encoding and source encoding In article , Yukihiro Matsumoto writes: > The role for the primary encoding is the default for file I/O, nothing > more. It does (should) not affect the source encoding at all. I think "primary encoding" doesn't tell your intent well. How about renaming it to "default file encoding"? -- Tanaka Akira